tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post6695301881938646745..comments2024-01-29T01:22:14.621-08:00Comments on Makarios: Good Without GodThesauroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-24720094744463094752010-02-12T21:00:24.784-08:002010-02-12T21:00:24.784-08:00He won days ago.He won days ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-15943575006865740302010-02-10T21:05:36.742-08:002010-02-10T21:05:36.742-08:00Yeah, you win.Yeah, you win.Anon #7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-61450918636978389682010-02-09T21:29:36.842-08:002010-02-09T21:29:36.842-08:00Is it over?Is it over?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-83008076051602002342010-02-08T18:54:04.254-08:002010-02-08T18:54:04.254-08:00Oh noes! I called a Vox Day a video game designer...Oh noes! I called a Vox Day a video game designer, fantasy book writer, electronic "musician" and Hitler "admirer" on JD's blog. JD flipped out (gave it two comments), deleted the comment and increased the blog's censorship level. <br /><br />Anyway, I was wrong.<br /><br />I googled it, and checked quotes. Vox admired Nazi's (but not specifically Hitler) and some of the things the Nazi's did. <br /><br />Of course now I can't apologize because of his blog censorship.Anon #9999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-76046519107587235222010-02-06T22:13:51.891-08:002010-02-06T22:13:51.891-08:00"Despite our predilection for considering mod..."Despite our predilection for considering modern civilization "advanced," the crime of infanticide has continued to pervade most contemporary cultures. The major difference between the nature of infanticide in the twentieth century, when compared to the rest of recorded history, however, is due to the impact of one modern medical advancement: the widespread availability of safe, and legal, means of abortion. The ability to easily terminate a pregnancy, and thereby eliminate an unwanted child before it is born, has had a profound effect on the prevalence of infanticide. The human species has killed almost 10% - 15% of all children born. The majority of these murders have been associated with reasons of necessity at least in the minds of the infanticide parent - or with untoward reactions against an unwanted birth. With little ability to abort an unwanted pregnancy safely, troubled parents have had little choice but to wait until full-term delivery before disposing of the conception.<br /><br />Statistically, the United States ranks high on the list of countries whose inhabitants kill their children. For infants under the age of one year, the American homicide rate is 11th in the world, while for ages one through four it is 1st and for ages five through fourteen it is fourth. From 1968 to 1975, infanticide of all ages accounted for almost 3.2% of all reported homicides in the United States. <br /><br />Infanticide has pervaded almost every society of mankind from the Golden Age of Greece to the splendor of the Persian Empire. While there are many diverse reasons for this wanton destruction, two of the most statistically important are poverty and population control."<br /><br />- Laila Williamson<br />anthropologist of the American Museum of Natural History<br /><br />...Notice the two most statistically important reasons are poverty and population control. Notice how when you add the accessibility of abortion, the infanticide rate drops drastically. Notice that when you factor in the abundance of contraception the rate of infanticide drops dramatically. Despite even these luxuries, America, the country with more Christians than any other in the world, ranks high in infanticide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-31040104756626370752010-02-06T00:42:20.226-08:002010-02-06T00:42:20.226-08:00Oedipus was written about 5 centuries before Chris...Oedipus was written about 5 centuries before Christ. Your implied claim that only Christians take in foundlings is wrong. It doesn't matter if Oedipus was real or not.<br /><br />You seem to be attempting to claim that Christianity is the only ideology to have a "civilizing" effect. It really is a fool's errand because to "prove" that you'd need to show other ideologies didn't have a civilizing effect.<br /><br />And you are using your own definition of civilizing.<br /><br />When are you going to try and support your argument?Anonymous #9999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-35703612310579171252010-02-05T19:40:24.721-08:002010-02-05T19:40:24.721-08:00Troll? Buah-ha-ha! This is only the beginning Eins...Troll? Buah-ha-ha! This is only the beginning Einsteinian also-rans! I havent even <i>begun</i> to go on the offensive yet. Next, should ASB address my last point re: infanticide, we're going to examine the Buddhist/Shinto/Confucian efforts to curb cannibalism amongst different cultures around the world compared with Christian efforts in addition to a Christianity vs. Islam+Hinduism comparison regarding the advancement of the humane treatment of women. I'll check back from time to time but rather then engaging in some sort of self reassuring circle jerk, why not offer up something substantive to address my last point?<br /><br /><i>Oedipus was a foundling taken in more than five centuries before Christ. <br />What's your point?</i><br /><br />Was Oedipus even a <a href="http://www.jstor.org/pss/4351896" rel="nofollow">real person</a>? Or was he every bit as fake as the atheist that is "good for goodness sake" while never realizing he's following a moral code set by others a <i>long time</i> before he ever came into being?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-27225909201468109812010-02-04T22:57:54.404-08:002010-02-04T22:57:54.404-08:00Like so many other trolls JD Curtis seems to belie...Like so many other trolls JD Curtis seems to believe that if he posts last, he wins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-28841955007837702572010-02-04T14:31:39.489-08:002010-02-04T14:31:39.489-08:00The only point JD has is on the top of his head.The only point JD has is on the top of his head.Anonymous #9999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-78270702863588496002010-02-03T18:51:37.684-08:002010-02-03T18:51:37.684-08:00Oedipus was a foundling taken in more than five ce...Oedipus was a foundling taken in more than five centuries before Christ. <br />What's your point?Telemachusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-84269633208329213472010-02-03T18:01:42.966-08:002010-02-03T18:01:42.966-08:00We must therefore experiment with ideas that Chris...<i>We must therefore experiment with ideas that Christian morality is no more objective or material than any other moral matrix. We must flirt with the idea that Christian morals are as artificial as any other</i><br /><br />And exactly what was the rebuttal concerning the Confucian/Buddhist response to the question concerning the origin of the word "foundling"? What was their response to the situation? If you walk out the door tomorrow morning and trip over a dead baby that was left out overnight to die from exposure, to what group can you attribute that it's a sad item worthy of mention on the local evening news rather than an all too common fact of life that you'll just have to live with? Proactive Confucians or Buddhists? Or just maybe the followers of Jesus Christ?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-84800018401274097672010-02-03T04:30:19.109-08:002010-02-03T04:30:19.109-08:00JD Curtis said >I think I know what you are thi...JD Curtis said >I think I know what you are thinking. "This happens all the time in Queensland/Omaha/York/Normandy". Right?<<br /><br />Hi im Anon 6.<br /><br />No christians dont go to those places for their sneaky slap-n-tickle.They go to Poipet or ThailandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-79536571310189689992010-02-01T23:35:39.859-08:002010-02-01T23:35:39.859-08:00Whoa, JD! Pump the breaks. Your misinterpreting my...Whoa, JD! Pump the breaks. Your misinterpreting my words, let's go over what I said before you finish your novel on the atrocities of Islam. <br /><br />Reread the two paragraphs of my last response and you may notice that I start by helping you out in a way. I'm trying to let you know that despite all the statistical data about Christianity, I don't actually believe it's because of the teachings of Jesus Christ that a 95% Christian dominated country like Columbia has the highest murder rate in the world. In fact, I then mention the Islamic rape statistic to HELP BACK THAT UP. I said that most of us would agree (Including me, if that wasn't obvious) that radical Islam has a broken moral compass before quoting an seemingly incompatible statistic.<br /> <br />I've been trying to paint an analogy that says; culture or religion is the fog of which a moral wavelength must pierce in it's commute through time, and different types of fog dictate how fast the wave will go. Sometimes the moral wave will have to breach the density of Islam, and other times Christianity, or Judaism. The moral wave may have a harder time making it's way through Buddhism than Hinduism, however the moral wave will commute nonetheless. I then go on to say that the mass of Christian culture is so much a bulk throughout recent history, that the moral wave may find it's achievements on the door step of Christianity by statistical favor. HOWEVER, I'm not saying that ANY moral achievement by Christianity may only be a fluke of chance, just that it's narcissistic to think Christianity CREATED morals. <br /><br />In the same breath as I caution the interpretation of statistical data, I will return to observe the beginning of the debate where I paste the link that reports about the statistical relationship between socio-economic well being and secular nations. I mentioned this because the statistics shows exactly the opposite of what many theists and Christian apologists say we should see, which is why I found it relevant. (Not because it shows something, but because it doesn't show something) Again it isn't that the 95% Christian nation of Columbia is the most violent that intrigues me, but rather that a nation so overwhelmingly Christian is NOT one of the lowest in murder. If Christian morality is more than just some commandments; if Christian morality, is some kind of silent, benevolent, and parasitic power that saturates the mentalities of true believers; and if its sole function is to keep the moral compass of the possessed Christian populous finely calibrated, than why do we not observe those results?<br /><br />I don't think that it's in spite of Christianity that almost 4 million people died in the last civil war of the 80% Christian, republic of Congo, but I DO find it very odd that a nation so Christian, is not protected under the force-field of the only true morality, Christian morality.<br /><br />We must therefore experiment with ideas that Christian morality is no more objective or material than any other moral matrix. We must flirt with the idea that Christian morals are as artificial as any other. But I don't think that morals, not being of universal significance, even compromise their objectivity. I think objective morals are to morality as compatibilism is to determinism. The problem lies in our poor definition of morality, we've defined morality under the assumptions of a creator god, and people have a hard time understanding morality apart from these assumptions, and they then make the mistake of not recognizing morality without such religious attachments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-24742217593973014252010-02-01T22:44:05.731-08:002010-02-01T22:44:05.731-08:00Anonymous said...
Anonymous #2, I can't h...<i>Anonymous said...<br /><br /> Anonymous #2, I can't help but notice how clever you are and how witty and well-researched your commentary is.<br /><br /> I hope you forgive me for being so forward in a public forum such as this but are you gay? Because if so, boy do I have the person for you.<br /><br /> His name is Chance and he's a co-worker of mine. He might not be the best looking but he more than makes up for any such shortcomings with a wit and sense of humor that is matched only by your own. I sent him a link to this thread and he readily agreed that he would like to get to know you.<br /><br /> If you are so interested, email him at Chance@mybeefagainstyours.com in order to get things started. If you arent looking for anything long term he can be quite discreet from what I hear. Go ahead. Take a chance on Chance. What do you have to lose</i>?<br /><br />My first instinct was that this was spam. But in case it isn't - I'm sorry. I can't contact people or even drop hints about my sexuality or even my gender. I'm Anonymous #2 and I swore on the skull of my father (the original Anonymous #2) that I would stay anonymous until I can pass the title down to my descendants. Anonymous #2 can never die.Anonymous #2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-70137525645201042192010-02-01T19:55:23.740-08:002010-02-01T19:55:23.740-08:00#2, help SB out a little. In the Muslim world, ar...#2, help SB out a little. In the Muslim world, are these murder statistics being reported? <a href="http://sweetness-light.com/archive/the-everyday-unreported-brutalizing-of-women-in-iraq" rel="nofollow">Link</a>. Seriously, what's your guess?<br /><br />"The shootings of al-Tallal and Umm Salam are not isolated incidents, even in Najaf — a city almost exclusively Shia and largely insulated from the sectarian violence of the North. Bodies of young women have appeared in its dusty lanes and avenues, places patrolled by packs of dogs where the boundaries bleed into the desert. It is a favourite place for dumping murder victims.<br /><br />Iraqis do not like to talk about it much, but there is an understanding of what is going on these days. If a young woman is abducted and murdered without a ransom demand, she has been kidnapped to be raped. Even those raped and released are not necessarily safe: the response of some families to finding that a woman has been raped has been to kill her.<br /><br />Iraq's women are living with a fear that is increasing in line with the numbers dying violently every month. They die for being a member of the wrong sect and for helping their fellow women. They die for doing jobs that the militants have decreed that they cannot do: for working in hospitals and ministries and universities. They are murdered, too, because they are the softest targets for Iraq's criminal gangs."<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />Also, I'm unfamiliar with the Christian concept of a "pleasure marraige" that absolves a rapist by granting him a temporary 1 hour marraige. If these were common in the Christian West, what do you think would happen to rape statistics there?<br /><br />Could you tell me if police officers in Pakistan carrry "rape kits" in their cars to help identify the DNA of the perp thus assisting the prosecution?<br /><br />"Mr. Rahman, 28, chief executive of the immensely popular Geo TV network, was speaking last Sunday at a youth conference in Rawalpindi, the garrison city adjacent to the capital, Islamabad. His absurd statement, he immediately made clear, was meant to illustrate the failings of a set of Islamic decrees known collectively as the Hudood Ordinance. <br /><br />The laws, introduced in 1979 and criticized internationally since, include a clause stating that to prove rape, a woman must have at least four male witnesses. If the woman fails to provide proof, she herself faces the charge of adultery. <br /><br />"The Hudood Ordinance makes no distinction between rape and adultery," Mr. Rahman explained to his audience. "It is just like saying there is no difference between an apple and an orange." <br /><br />That flaw, critics say, has put many women behind bars. Of about 6,000 women in Pakistani custody awaiting trial as of March, 4,621 were being held on Hudood violations, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, an independent group. Some 1,300 women awaiting trial were ordered released on Friday, after President Pervez Musharraf allowed bail in nonviolent offenses." <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/09/world/asia/09pakistan.html?_r=3&oref=slogin&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />Now, what would happen to rape statistics in the West if they were to adopt such laws? Would they plummet overnight?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-14691424926241532942010-02-01T18:31:49.322-08:002010-02-01T18:31:49.322-08:00Once again JD proves he just doesn't get it.Once again JD proves he just doesn't get it.Anon #2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-11014318517312087702010-02-01T17:35:03.736-08:002010-02-01T17:35:03.736-08:00What exactly was the atheist website's respons...What exactly was the atheist website's response to this one Snack bar?<br /><br />"Under Islamic law, rape can only be proven if the rapist confesses or if there are four male witnesses. Women who allege rape, without the benefit of the act having been witnessed by four men who subsequently develop a conscience, are actually confessing to having sex. If they or the accused happens to be married, then it is considered to be adultery." <a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/002-rape_adultery.htm" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />And what is a woman's punishment for adultery ASB? Now, I'm sure that you've looked into this and are fully ready to expalin to me, with a straight face, that rape is NOT underreported in Muslim countries, arent you?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-72581702138030124382010-02-01T16:29:55.071-08:002010-02-01T16:29:55.071-08:00Anonymous #2, I can't help but notice how clev...Anonymous #2, I can't help but notice how clever you are and how witty and well-researched your commentary is. <br /><br />I hope you forgive me for being so forward in a public forum such as this but are you gay? Because if so, boy do I have the person for you.<br /><br />His name is Chance and he's a co-worker of mine. He might not be the best looking but he more than makes up for any such shortcomings with a wit and sense of humor that is matched only by your own. I sent him a link to this thread and he readily agreed that he would like to get to know you. <br /><br />If you are so interested, email him at Chance@mybeefagainstyours.com in order to get things started. If you arent looking for anything long term he can be quite discreet from what I hear. Go ahead. Take a chance on Chance. What do you have to lose?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-13812373640450810562010-02-01T16:21:27.642-08:002010-02-01T16:21:27.642-08:00What percentage of those arrested for those crimes...What percentage of those arrested for those crimes are practicing Christians? <br /><br /><br />Compare this with religions that teach that it is OK to murder others to advance the faith like Islam. <br /> <br />You still havent come up with the relevant Buddhist/Confucian references re: infanticide and the effect that these religions had on China or any other part of the world that actually reduced it or their influence on the origin of the word "foundling". Where are are the Confucian foundling hospitals Sanck Bar?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-33044046788523260512010-02-01T11:52:05.627-08:002010-02-01T11:52:05.627-08:00Am I surprised JD (appears to have) disappeared?Am I surprised JD (appears to have) disappeared?Anonymous #2noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-54270563353576891592010-01-30T22:25:42.407-08:002010-01-30T22:25:42.407-08:00Sorry for the delay, but I was having a personal d...Sorry for the delay, but I was having a personal debate with myself about whether I should continue this madness...<br /><br /><br />THOU SHALT NOT KILL...<br />Top nations ranked by murder per capita/Predominant Religion of the Country<br /><br />1.Columbia 0.617847 per 1,000 people/95% of the population is Christian<br />2.South Africa 0.496008 per 1,000 people/79.75 of the population is Christian<br />3.Jamaica 0.324196 per 1,000 people/59%of the population is Christian<br />4.Venezuela 0.316138 per 1,000 people/92% of the population is Roman Catholic<br />5.Russia 0.201534 per 1,000 people/63% of the population is Russian Orthodox<br /><br /><br />THOU SHALT NOT STEAL...<br />Top nations ranked by Total Crimes per capita/Predominant Religion of the Country<br /><br />1.Dominica 113.822 per 1,000 people/77% of the population is Roman Catholic<br />2.New Zealand 105.881 per 1,000 people/56% of the population is Christian<br />3.Finland 101.526 per 1,000 people/79.7 of the population is Evangelical Lutheran<br />4.Denmark 92.8277 per 1,000 people/81.5% of the population is Lutheran<br />5.Chile 88.226 per 1,000 people/70% of the population is Roman Catholic<br /><br /><br />THOU SHALT NOT COMMIT ADULTERY<br />Top nations ranked by Rapes per capita/Predominant Religion of the Country<br /><br />1.South Africa 1.19538 per 1,000 people/79.75% of the population is Christian<br />2.Seychelles 0.788294 per 1,000 people/82% of the population is Roman Catholic<br />3.Australia 0.777999 per 1,000 people/64% of the population is Christian<br />4.Montserrat 0.749384 per 1,000 people/?% majority Anglican<br />5.Canada 0.733089 per 1,000 people/77% of the population is Christian<br /><br /><br />You'll notice that every single nation listed, governs its system of morals off the teachings of Jesus Christ. Does this mean that Christianity is evil? No, not really, but we must really question whether Christianity has the moral edge it claims to have. Are non-Christian nations corrupt? Sure, I think most of us here would agree that RADICAL Islam in recent times has had a very broken moral compass, and yet 4 of the 5 countries with absolute lowest rate of rape per capita are overwhelmingly Muslim nations. The world right now, is dominated by religion, and yet we believe that it's diluted over time. What does this tell us? Well, we can look up statistics about rape or murder and try to make assumptions about causality, but the fact is, that it's hard to separate the mass majority with statistical data, when making assumptions pertaining to the historical flux of morality in homo sapiens. I don't think Christianity is the root of all evil, and yet we can look at the statistics right there. If the larger bulk of humanity practiced Christian dogma for the past 2000 years, how can we attach moral achievement to a majority that by sheer statistical advantage can be misleadingly attributed to Christianity by the odds alone? <br /> <br />Do atrocities happen in Cambodia? Sure, its not the first place I'd want to visit. But then I'd hate to go to the republic of the Congo as well, where 80 percent of the population is Christian. The republic of the Congo tends to oscillate between "peace" and civil war. Almost 4 million people died in the last civil war) The Congo is little kids shooting big guns, blood red streets littered with blue bodies, a hot war, cold, under the watch of an intended warm message of Jesus Christ, and should we blame Jesus? You can select a non-Christian nation to pick on, and I can find a Christian one to pick on and we can repeat this all day, but we'd miss the point. Bickering on the trivialities of the debate, avoids the actual important points that necessitate a reasonable argument for us to progress. This is why I'm reluctant to even respond, because the argument becomes directed towards partially relevent details, and even if you could help to gravitate these details towards your favor, the larger details are still pending an actual confrontation.<br /><br />In other words, until you can snap out of it, we'll get nowhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-6243618589572664032010-01-30T22:18:07.919-08:002010-01-30T22:18:07.919-08:00Run Away number 4. Run away! At least your anonimi...Run Away number 4. Run away! At least your anonimity is intact. Your arguments? We're still waiting for something specific. Perhaps like our dear friend the Snack Attack, you can try to cram every sort of comparison in a search engine possible and still walk away with the absolute knowledge that Christianity has done more to alleviate infanticide and prostitution than ANY other belief system under the sun.<br /><br />Should you disagree, I would be grateful to see you present your arguments here.<br /><br />Why do I get the distinct feeling that you will not offer up ONE single solitary thing of substance though? Probably past experience along with the assurance that your grandmother is probably more knowledgeable than you are based on her past experiences and honesty.J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-67998444067373553622010-01-30T21:56:36.047-08:002010-01-30T21:56:36.047-08:00you fail to realize that it's me waiting for t...<i>you fail to realize that it's me waiting for the snack attack to respond, not the other way around.</i>..<br /><br />Please tell me in what time stamped entry above I stated that you weren't or admit that you are blatantly lying.<br />- I kid.<br /><br />Your initial premise has been defeated - why should he bother but for sport. I mean, the Black Knight was funny in Monty Python, but for you to act like that in real life is just sad.<br /><br />I'm not the one that calls you sad Copernicus. Apparently others do.Anon No. 4noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-92144156255027198102010-01-30T20:45:14.828-08:002010-01-30T20:45:14.828-08:00Lest you think I am picking on Thailand...
"...Lest you think I am picking on Thailand...<br /><br />"In trying to figure out how we can defeat sex trafficking, a starting point is to think like a brothel owner.<br /><br />My guide to that has been Sok Khorn, an amiable middle-aged woman who is a longtime brothel owner here in the wild Cambodian town of Poipet. I met her five years ago when she sold me a teenager, Srey Mom, for $203 and then blithely wrote me a receipt confirming that the girl was now my property. At another brothel nearby, I purchased another imprisoned teenager for $150.<br /><br />Astonished that in the 21st century I had bought two human beings, I took them back to their villages and worked with a local aid group to help them start small businesses" <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/opinion/11kristof.html" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />I think I know what you are thinking. "This happens all the time in Queensland/Omaha/York/Normandy". Right?J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764946987133813099.post-3490859116811839002010-01-30T20:12:14.520-08:002010-01-30T20:12:14.520-08:00Christian countries never had brothels and stuff!
...<i>Christian countries never had brothels and stuff!</i><br /><br />Please tell me in what time stamped entry above I stated that brothels do not exist in the Christian west or admit that you are blatantly lying.<br /><br />"Thailand’s government, which understandably resists the label “brothel of the world.” It has threatened to expel journalists who impugn the honour of Thai womenfolk, and forced Longman’s dictionary to change its 1993 edition, the entry for Bangkok which included the line “a place where there are a lot of prostitutes.” <a href="http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2005/05/learningthethaisextrade/" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br /><br />I'm not the one that calls them the "brothel of the world" Copernicus. Apparently others do.<br /><br />And talk about "sad". Not only do you post as someone who is as anonymous as your favorite glory-hole participant in a power outage, you fail to realize that it's me waiting for the snack attack to respond, not the other way around.. Sad indeed McFly. Sad indeed.J Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746127431922685446noreply@blogger.com